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i UNITED STATES WILLIAM J. STANTON, 0F BAYONNE,

NEW JERSEY;

CORKSGREW.

No. ass/neva.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 12, 1907.

v latentedV April 14,` 1908.. serial No. 362,013.

YTo vall, whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM J. STANTON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of N ew Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Corkscrews, of which the following is a s'pecication.

This invention relates to improvements in cork-screws, its object being to provide a device of this character by which corks may conveniently extracted from bottles without the necessity of using great force in extracting the most refractory corks and without liability of breaking the bottles.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through the cork-screw and the' neck of a corked bottle, showing the screw in position for use. F ig. 2 is a similar viewfshowing the cork-screw ins erted and the parts in position for extrac- Referring to the drawing, 1 tubular frame or casing provided with an outwardly flared or bell-mouthed lower end 2 ada ted to receive and'inclose the upper end of tige neck of the bottlerom which the cork is to be extracted, the reduced portion of the upper end of the bell-mouthed part being a apted to bear against the rim edge of the bottle neck, as shown in Fig. 2. he upper end of the tubular frame or casing is formed with a threaded opening 3 of reduced diameter with respect to the bore or passage 4 of crown of the casini]V thereby b eing adapted to serve the functionbof a relatively stationary nut for use in conjunction with the operating screw means.

A screw threaded s indle'5 extends into e passage 4 and Work screw threaded o ening 3 and is provided at its upper end Wit a grip or operating handle 5a. At the lower end of the threaded por'- tion of this stem a clutch member 6 is provided upon the stemI said member comprisof the extracting extension 7 'ch is cylindrical in form and smoothsuraced and is journaled to rotate in a bearing 8 formed in ahead 9 to which is fixed the corkupper end of the head 9 is provided with clutch teeth, forming a clutch member 10 to coperate with the clutch designates a s in and through the l member 6, the teeth upon said member 10 being reversely arranged with respect to the v teeth upon the member 6. he construction of the two 'clutch members is such that when the member 6 is brought down into engagement with the member 10 andis turnedito the right the clutch teeth will'interlock and turn the head 9, while a reverse movement of the member 6 will iide upward on and slip over the teeth of the l clutch member 10, Wherebyretro rade rotation of the screw 5 will Withdraw the member 6 from engagement with the member 10. V Instead of uthe clutch construction described, Iv may employ any other suitable clutch, adapted to. operate in like manner. T e lower end of the spindle extension 7 pro- ]ects into a vertical transverse slot 11, formed 7s in the lower end of the head 9 and terminates in a reduced polygonal portion 12 on tted a collar or contact head 13. This collar or contact head is provided with a receiving socket for the ortion 12 corresponding in form thereto so t at said collar when fitted in position will be held from rotation,` but said portion 12 and collar may be of` any other form orconstruction to effect such a character of connection and any suitable equivalent for the :collar may beused. 'A pin or other suitable:` fastening device '14 passes transversely th'rough the collar and portion 12 and secures `the Acoll downward movement and disconnectionunder the strain of extracting a cork.

In the drawing, I have shown in Fig. 1 the device in position for application to withdraw a cork 15 from the neck 16 of a bottle or similar container, from which it will be understood that the casing 1 is held in one of the hands of the operator above the bottle to bring the lower end ofthe screw 10 into position for insertion into the cork. The device is set for operation by the action of the'operator turning the handle 5a by the use of his in a clock-wise direction until the with the clutch member 10', l. the cork-screw to the threaded spindle. As a resulta continued rotation of the spindle to the right will cause the cork-screw to turn therewith, by which it will be screwed into the cork until fu ly inserted, as shown in Fig. 2, t is operation drawin the casing 1 down until the bell-mouthe ortion 2 thereof rests upon the upper end ol) the neck. When cause the teeth thereof to ar againstthe cork-screw is thus jfully inserted th dle is turned to the left, thereby moving the,"

clutch member 6 clutch member '1 'from the head 9,

ndle serving to ment of the spi lar upward agai 11. The opera 3 the spindle will be caused to trav the spindle raw the colthreads upward direction and draw upon the Icollar A be exerte of course, be un which an upward pull upon the head In this operation, it will,

mains stationary against rotation relative to the spindle,

the gradual extra an twisting sti-ain thereon.

he operation of and in its ction o the cork 15 without the device will, it is thought, be fully understood from the foregoing description, an

cork extracting device of simple construction is provided It will also extracting the cork, the porti over the upper en by which and conveniently 'extracted 1r'rom a beseen that, in the operation of s ottle.

on 2 by fitting d ofthe neck of the bottle will reinforce the same, thus preventing `any liability of breakage of the f extraction of the cork.

The screw construction of the extracting ,means permits of the removelot the the necessity o AS the casi force.

exerting great 1f', may tend s lightly'on the neck uring the operation of that it may vextracting the-cork, it will be understood be held sufficiently to overcome this objection by one ofthe hands of the opout of engagement with the nst the upper wall of the slot tor then continues to turn the left, by which, owing to its el in an ufpward travel effects' d it will be seen that a bottle during the to turn derstood-that the head 9 rev most refractory corks without l f. the operator while the other hand oi the operator is employed to manipulate the handle 5a.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is1 l Y A cork extracting device comprising a frame or casing-having a threaded opening at the upper en d thereof, a-cork-screw provide at its upper end with a head, said head being formedat its up er end with clutch teeth and at its lower en lot, an having a bearing opening communicating at its 'lower end withthe slot, the upper wa l of lwhich forms a spindle engaging the threaded opening in the casing, and provided with a smooth surfaced lower. end journaled in said bearing opening and extending into the slot, a clutch member on the screw adapted 'to engage the clutch member on the head, whereby the screwv may be coupled'to the head to rotate the screw in one direc-tion for projection into the cork, and a contact member on the lower end of the spindle vertically movable and revoluble the slot in the head and adapted to contactwith said bearing shoulder, whereby the indle may be rotated reversely to draw the c utch member thereof with the clutch member on the head and to, bring said contact member into' engagement with the shoulder, by which on the continuous reverse revolution of the spindle thecorkf screw may be withdrawn. without rotation.

In testimony whereof, I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIMI J. STANTON.

bearing shoulder, a screw out 'of engagement 

